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On 18/10/12 20:27, Mark Evans wrote: > On 18/10/12 18:52, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Oct 2012, Mark Evans wrote: > > >>> Just a thought as for cable perhaps for making up short lengths > >>> the enginners could leave us any off cuts or left over cable, > >>> we can get ends easy enough it would be a great opportunity to > >>> teach people how to make up cables, etc > >> > >> Cable for patch leads has a stranded core. That for IDC > >> connectors (patch panels and sockets) has a solid core. Trying to > >> fit crimp connectors to solid core cable is hard work, unlikely > >> to work reliably and can even result in damage to sockets/network > >> interfaces. > > > FWIW: I've always made up patch leads with solid core cat5e cable. > > > All the commercial patch leads I've had to cut an end of to remake > > have had solid core too. > > > I don't think I've never seen multi strand cat5e cable... > > I'm not sure I've seen a pre-made one that was soild core. > > e.g. > http://www.videk.co.uk/section.php/178/1/Booted%20Cat5e%20UTP%20Patch%20Cables > > > Not a problem with buying them in, I just thought it would be an ideal learning opportunity for people :) Sure its fiddly which is why people who are good at it are network engineers and paid good money, (ok its not just cos they can put cables together) Paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911 http://www.raspberrypi.org http://www.ubuntu.com -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq